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Status: MACHINE-VALIDATED FINITE INSTANCE
This page records a first-principles nonlinear-string model in which a localized relational pattern propagates, retains measurable structure, reaches a terminal region, and delivers positive work to a load.
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Can a finite dissipative substrate transport a recursively identifiable pattern while performing measurable positive work without immediately erasing that pattern?
For sites $n=0,\ldots,N-1$, define
$$ m\ddot q_n+\gamma\dot q_n+\alpha q_n^3+\kappa(2q_n-q_{n-1}-q_{n+1})=F_n(t)+L_n(t). $$
The left endpoint receives a finite Gaussian-windowed sinusoidal drive. The terminal site is coupled to a passive spring-damper load:
$$ L_{N-1}(t)=-k_Lq_{N-1}-c_L\dot q_{N-1}. $$
The validated run used $N=64$, $m=1$, $\gamma=0.018$, $\kappa=1$, $\alpha=0.16$, $k_L=0.45$, and $c_L=0.08$.
$$ e_n(t)=\frac12m\dot q_n^2+\frac14\alpha q_n^4+\frac14\kappa(q_n-q_{n-1})^2+\frac14\kappa(q_{n+1}-q_n)^2. $$
At the terminal site, the stored load-spring term $\tfrac12k_Lq_{N-1}^2$ is included.
$$ x_E(t)=\frac{\sum_n n e_n(t)}{\sum_ne_n(t)}. $$
Let $p_0$ be the normalized local-energy profile at peak injected energy and $p(t)$ the normalized profile at time $t$. Define
$$ \Pi(t)=\max_s\frac{\langle T_sp_0,p(t)\rangle}{\|T_sp_0\|\,\|p(t)\|}, $$
where $T_s$ is a zero-padded spatial translation.